Robinson Cano still seemed stunned when he walked out of Coppola-Migliore Funeral Home in Queens yesterday after paying his respects to the family of former major league pitcher Jose Lima, who died on Sunday.

“He was one of the happiest guys in the world,” Cano said. “He was always laughing everywhere and he was so much fun to watch play.”

Cano and Red Sox slugger David Ortiz were among the hundreds of mourners who attended the wake in Corona, many of them wearing T-shirts emblazoned with pictures of Lima, who died in his sleep of a heart attack at age 37. The shirts also said “Lima Time,” the phrase the energetic pitcher used to describe the way he played.

And that enthusiasm was what Cano — who met Lima as a boy when Lima played with Cano’s father, Jose, in the Dominican Republic — recalled most vividly.

“I remember when he was in Houston, everybody watched him in the Dominican,” said Cano, who was joined by Yankees bench coach Tony Pena at the funeral home located just blocks from where Lima finished his major league career with the Mets.

“It was the same thing as [Sammy] Sosa and [Mark] McGwire. Lima Time was that big. You stopped everything and watched.”

Ortiz, who afterwards returned to Boston for last night’s game against the Royals, said Lima was “like a brother” to him.

Though Lima had not pitched in the majors since 2006, his popularity had not slipped in his native country or in Queens, where much of his family lives. His funeral is scheduled for today in the Dominican Republic.

“Even last year when he pitched in the Dominican, everyone still loved him,” Cano said. “It’s really sad to lose a guy like that.”